{"id":104252,"date":"2021-01-03T10:04:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/?p=104252"},"modified":"2021-01-03T10:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:04:24","slug":"covid-19-boris-johnson-insists-schools-are-safe-and-children-should-attend-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/politics\/covid-19-boris-johnson-insists-schools-are-safe-and-children-should-attend-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Boris Johnson insists schools are safe and children should attend tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Boris Johnson has said “there is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe” and advised parents to send their children in tomorrow despite rising COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n
As pressure mounted on the prime minister to keep all of England’s schools closed when the new term starts, the prime minister insisted education was a priority and parents in areas where schools are open should send children in.<\/p>\n
“Schools are safe, the threat to young people, kids, is really very, very small,” he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr.<\/p>\n
“The benefits of education are so huge, overwhelmingly we want to keep our young people in education.”<\/p>\n
Most primary schools in England are scheduled to open on Monday, followed by a staggered start for secondary schools a week later, with GCSE and A-level pupils set to return first.<\/p>\n
However, the National Education Union (NEU) has said all primary schools should remain closed for at least two weeks following the Christmas break.<\/p>\n
But giving advice to parents, Mr Johnson said: “Look at where your area is, overwhelmingly you will be in an area where schools are open.”<\/p>\n
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